Attachment for combs.



FQN.. 'PLA-MoNDoN.

I ATTACHMENT FOR OMBS.

1Paizelriied Nov. 23, 1909.

APPLICATION FILED APBnZG, 1909.

A nuantoz I an'P/anmndan.

Witwe/om @jaw/MM l v l mw , Combs;

ing to be a full, clear, and vexact description4 make and use the same.-

uNiTEn s'rArEs y PATENT 'oEErcE i y PLAMoNDoN, Yor BonDEAUL-wasnrneron.

' FRANK N.

A'rcrnonrinn'r Eon comas.

Specification o f Letters Yatent.

Patented Nev.. as, 190e.

Application filed April 28, 1909. Serial No. 492,683.

'To allizchom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK N. PLAMONDON, a. citizen of the United States, residing at Bordeaux, in the county of Thurston, State of Vashington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Attachments for and I do hereby declare-the followof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the artto which it appertainsto This invention relates combs to clear the teeth of the same from adhering material, and has for one of its objects to provide asimply which may be applied with expense to the comb.

With this andother objects in view., the invention consists in certain novel features of construction as hereafter shown andv described and then specifically pointed out in the claim,-andin the drawings illustrative of the preferred embodiment. of the invention, Figure 1 is a` side elevation of theimproved device. Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2 -2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a view of the blank from which the attachment is produced'before 'beingbentinto shape. Fig. 4 is a perspective viewof the attachment removed from the comb. l

. The comb to which' the improvement is aplittle additional plicable is formed-with the usual head por-v tion 10 and the teeth 11, and with the terminals of greater width than in ordinary combs and provided with slots 13.-

The improved 'attachment comprises a plate of sheet metal bent longitudinally into a channel shape whereby sides. 14-15 4are formed, the sides being spaced apart at equal distances, the distance between the sides corresponding substantially witlr the thickness of the head portion 10 of the comb. In Fig. 3 is shown the blank from which the attach ment is constructed, and is formed with re.- cesses 16 in its ends, the recesses bein equal in width to the bottom of the c annel.-

Formed inthe bottom ofthe channel portion are a plurality of apertures 17, the apertures corresponding to the teeth of the com The attachment thus constructed is located upon to attachments for` constructed device the aperture 17 with the .sides 14-15 bearing upon opposite sides of the head 10. -The formation of which bear against the sides of the comb opposite the slots 12.-13, and to secure the attachment to the comb relatively small pins 18--19 are assed throu h the spaced sides of the attacli slots.

The pins 18-'19 are less in diameter than the width of the slots so that the attachment so that the solid portions of the attachment may be moved toward and away from the sides ofthe teeth so that the adhering material `may be wholly scraped therefrom 4vby moving the attachment slightly vlongitudif nally of the comb. This longitudinal movement is an important feature of theinvention, and adds materially to its value and utility, as by this means every particle of the adhering material is entirely removed v'from the teeth by simply working the attachment longitudinally of the teeth, and at the same time moving it slightly `endwise back and forth as will be obvious.

The improved device is simple in construction, can be inexpensively manufactured, and vapplied to combs of various sizes, and to combs having various kinds of teeth.

When the attachment is applied to combs having two sets or kinds of teeth of different degrees of fineness the formed .to correspond with the teeth, with smaller apertures forthe smaller teeth and the larger apertures for the larger teeth, as will be understood. The improved device is l thus adapted readily Without material structural changes to the various forms and sizes o f combs manufactured. The sheet metal employed will preferably be plated or otherwise coated or treated to add to its appearance and the sheets may be formed in any form or shape desired.

' What is c aimed isff The' combination with a comb having guide slots at its ends, of a tooth cleaning l'metal bent into channel shape and with a the comb withthe teeth 11 projecting throughment and li ewise through the is permitted a certain play longitudinally,A

apertures 17 will be attachment formed from a single sheet of' the recesses 16 produces *ears pluraltyfof apertures'in the bottom of the In ltest-mony whereof I aix my sign -channel corresponding to the teeth of the ture in presence of two Witnesses.

comb and through whichsaid`teeth ass f.. and pins of less diameter than the wdt o FRANK N' PLAMONDONT the slots and extending through the spaced Witnesses:

l sides of the channel shaped member and W. C. BLAND through the. guide slots. W. T. RUTLEDGE. 

